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<blockquote data-quote="ubntplayer" data-source="post: 484972" data-attributes="member: 31668"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I am trying to change a ceiling light fitting and I pulled out the current fitting and it was connected like this: <a href="https://ibb.co/QcBtFCX" target="_blank">https://ibb.co/QcBtFCX</a></p><p></p><p>Lack of earth aside, does that look ok/safe/standard wiring? I know some of my house has very old wiring so just wanted to check this is safe enough before I proceed.</p><p></p><p>My main question though is I'm not sure how to connect this to my new fitting, which came with no wires, just connection sockets. The blue/brown in the picture above are hard wired into the old fitting. I could snip them and hope they are long enough, but if not what sort of replacement flex should I buy to fit from that junction box to the new fitting? I just want two blue/brown wires I guess, would something like "3-Core Round Flex Cable, 2183Y 0.75mm White" be sensible? Not sure what thickness is safe to use on this kind of connection?</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much for any help!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ubntplayer, post: 484972, member: 31668"] Hi, I am trying to change a ceiling light fitting and I pulled out the current fitting and it was connected like this: [URL="https://ibb.co/QcBtFCX"]https://ibb.co/QcBtFCX[/URL] Lack of earth aside, does that look ok/safe/standard wiring? I know some of my house has very old wiring so just wanted to check this is safe enough before I proceed. My main question though is I'm not sure how to connect this to my new fitting, which came with no wires, just connection sockets. The blue/brown in the picture above are hard wired into the old fitting. I could snip them and hope they are long enough, but if not what sort of replacement flex should I buy to fit from that junction box to the new fitting? I just want two blue/brown wires I guess, would something like "3-Core Round Flex Cable, 2183Y 0.75mm White" be sensible? Not sure what thickness is safe to use on this kind of connection? Thanks so much for any help!! [/QUOTE]
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